Description
- For Junior model builders
- Made in Germany
- 1:400 Scale
- Difficulty level 1
- Highly detailed paper modeling for the hobby enthusiast
From the Manufacturer
At the time, the Titanic was the largest passenger ship constructed with the most luxurious equipment. The technology of the ship had a standard which hadnt been reached up to then. Along its whole length it had a double ship base and was divided into 16 watertight areas by separating walls. That is why it was considered to be unsinkable. The first-class passengers had extremely luxurious rooms, and also a Turkish bath, an indoor swimming-pool, a gymnastics room, reading and writing rooms, a smokers' room, verandas and a palm garden, four electric lifts, restaurants and cafs. The second-class passengers had the pleasure of their own library. On the boat deck there were promenades for the first class and the officers - but not enough lifeboats. On May 31st, 1911 the Titanic was launched. On the morning of April 10th, 1912 it set sail on its maiden voyage for New York with 2,206 people on board. The first days crossing the Atlantic were very pleasant. The sea was calm and the passengers enjoyed the voyage on the luxury ship. On Sunday, April 14th, there were the first warnings of pack-ice and icebergs, but nobody on board really took them seriously. At 11:40pm the watchman on the mast reported an iceberg ahead to starboard. The officer in charge reacted immediately and gave the command: "Rudder hard to port side. Port side machines full power back." The bow of the ship turned past the iceberg, but a sharp edge of the iceberg cut the front starboard side of the hull below water level at a length of 90 m. The officers and shipping engineers on board knew immediately that the Titanic couldn't stay overwater for longer than two hours. On April 15th, 1912 at 2:20am the stern lifted high out of the water. The Titanic, which had been considered to be unsinkable, broke into two parts. Tools needed to complete construction: mid-sized scissors, modeling knife, water-based glue, ruler or triangle, and modeling pins. Tools Not Included.